Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship; it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting.

Quote by Eustace Budgell

Topics: Friendship Quotes, Love Quotes, Respect Quotes

Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship; it is always imperfect if either...

Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship; it is always imperfect if either...

Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and...

Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and...

Choose your friends carefully. Your enemies will choose you.

Choose your friends carefully. Your enemies will choose you.

Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending...

Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending...

There is little friendship in the world, and least of all between equals.

There is little friendship in the world, and least of all between equals.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

But just as delicate fare does not stop you from craving for saveloys, so tried...

But just as delicate fare does not stop you from craving for saveloys, so tried...

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others,...

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others,...

The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what...

The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what...

True friendship is like a rose. We can't realize it's beauty until it fades.

True friendship is like a rose. We can't realize it's beauty until it fades.

But as I was saying, from my experiences, I think men tend to be more...

But as I was saying, from my experiences, I think men tend to be more...

Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is...

Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is...

Go cherish your soul; express companions; set your habits to a life of solitude; then...

Go cherish your soul; express companions; set your habits to a life of solitude; then...

I would have told him that I appreciated his friendship through the years and that...

I would have told him that I appreciated his friendship through the years and that...

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not...

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not...

For believe me, in this world which is ever slipping from under our feet, it...

For believe me, in this world which is ever slipping from under our feet, it...

Those truly linked don't need correspondence. When they meet again after many years apart, Their...

Those truly linked don't need correspondence. When they meet again after many years apart, Their...

Friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil - but it needs a...

Friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil - but it needs a...

It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults....

It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults....

The imaginary friends I had as a kid dropped me because their friends thought I...

The imaginary friends I had as a kid dropped me because their friends thought I...